
The Technical Director role is split between overseeing development at the factory and managing the operations at the track, and not as much on designing the fastest car possible. That’s all well and good but he is not the one that designs a fast race car.Īs we mentioned below, that falls on the Chief Design Engineer and the Chief Aerodynamicist. I feel very, very confident we’ll be on the grid soon.Michael Andretti, during the Cadillac announcement, mentioned that they had already hired their Technical Director. “We’re definitely ahead of our competition to get there. “We check every box that needs to be checked to be able to enter Formula One,” he said.

Does this bid really have a shot?Īndretti certainly thinks so. In addition, Reuss said GM would offer technical support to the prospective F1 team out of its facilities in Warren, Mich., and its new technical center in Concord, N.C. It would have a satellite operation in Europe but be based out of the U.S. I welcome the news of the and partnership and the looks forward to further discussions on the FIA World Championship Expressions of Interest process /LQgbYDW0qMĪndretti is already in the process of building a new global headquarters outside Indiananpolis. That said, there was a new development this week: FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem announced a new “expression of interest process” for potential new teams in which their entries would be considered through an application process. But the existing 10 F1 teams (which each have two cars) are reluctant to see the field expand. He has attended F1 events and even gone around collecting signatures from other team principals to endorse his bid. So at first, GM would partner with an existing F1 manufacturer (the executives hinted at a Honda partnership) to get on the grid.Īndretti has been eager to start an F1 team but has met heavy resistance in the process. That said, Cadillac wouldn’t be able to create its own power unit (engine) in time for whenever the bid might be approved.

Mark Reuss, the GM president, said the company would “compete with the very best with passion and integrity.”

General Motors’ Cadillac brand will join Andretti Global’s effort to become the 11th team on the Formula One grid, the companies announced Thursday.
